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<br />I <br />I, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Man:, May 17, 1993 <br /> <br />Rocky-Mounlam News'" <br /> <br />Volunteers save woman as <br />water ravages her house <br /> <br />RIFLE from SA <br /> <br />no, as she waved cars through. <br />Gulino was trapped in her home <br />Saturday night when a cloudburst <br />sent Rifle Creek roaring over its <br />banle <br />Firefigbters had warned the Lee <br />and other families to leave, but GuIi. <br />no was not home when firefighters <br />knocked on doors. <br />Shortly after she returned she <br />saw the water approaching and <br />called her daughter, Carole Ander. <br />son, to ask for help. <br />"Then I called 911 but the line <br />went dead when I was giving them <br />my address." <br />Anderson called police, who sent <br />two volunteer firefighters to the <br />house. <br />Volunteer Chris Harvey said, "It <br />was so cold I had to go borrow two <br />wet suits. It looked like the Col- <br />orado River flowing through there. <br />There was five or six feet of water in <br />the hous~. We pounded on the door, <br />and finally had to knock down the <br />screen door to get in. But we could <br />hear her yelling." <br />The two men carried Gulino <br />through the water to the deck of her <br />house, where they had tied up a <br />boat. <br />"I've lost everything, but I still <br />have my kids and my faith," said <br />Gulino, who had perched on a <br />kitchen counter while waiting to be <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />rescued. <br />Next door, in a gulch just a few <br />blocks from the center of this town <br />of 5,000, the Lee family grabbed <br />their clothes and left their house <br />when warned of the flood danger <br />Saturday night. <br />"I backed my truck up to leave, <br />and the water was already here. I <br />had to wait for it to stop. Water was <br />rushing over my truck," said Bill <br />Lee, whose family ran up the hill to <br />higher ground. A dozen people <br />came to help Lee, a volunteer fire. <br />fighter himself, remove his belong. <br />mgs. <br />Police Chief Daryl Meisner said <br />between 16 and 20 people had been <br />displaced by the flood. "I've always <br />told people these creeks are unpre. <br />dictable:~ said Meisne~ near the <br />site of a second flash flood in the <br />town. <br />Meisner said it was ironic that <br />authorities had been warning com. <br />munities to expect flooding because <br />of the runoff, but the first flood of <br />the season was caused by a rain. <br />storm. <br />Meisner and his stili of 11, aided <br />by sheriff's deputies, volunteer fire. <br />fighters and other volunteers, spent <br />most of the night moving people and <br />watching for signs of a new flood. <br />Volunteer firefighter Dan Goin <br />said people didn't need to be per. <br />suaded to leave. "When water is <br />running through your house you <br />know you have a problem." <br />